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Panel Confirms S. Korean Cloning Fraud
mmell writes "South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk created a stir when he claimed to have successfully cloned human stem cells, claims which were almost immediately viewed with skepticism in the scientific community. Now an article on the BBC's website chronicles the doctor's final fall from grace as nine scientists empanelled at Seoul University conclude that Doctor Hwang's sensational claims were in fact an elaborate fraud (although they have also confirmed that Doctor Hwang's prior claim to have cloned a dog appears to be valid)." Confirmation of the investigation begun last week.
I mean, sure, anybody can clone a dog, but he lied about revolutionizing stem cell research? Shocked, I say.
...I suggest that we clone the world's past great leaders and scientists (FDR, Einstein, Tesla...) and build a new government manned by them when they reach maturity. It's got to be an improvement on the current situation here in the U.S.
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
because only old people need to be cloned in Korea.
Come on. Liars govern us. Liars want to destroy Video Games and tear us back into their control-freak-reality.
This man from South Korea didn't do any harm (except to sience maybe). So where is the problem?
Can you blame this man and (on the other side) watch CNN with a straight face?
It figures that it'd be the Koreans who would successfully clone a dog. They want to secure their food source for centuries to come.